The 38-year-old lawmaker has backed changes to how legislative districts are drawn in an effort to make them less partisan and proposed a similar revamp for Ohio's congressional districts. LaRose sponsored legislation last year that allowed online voter registration, which opened in January.

But LaRose opposes a bill, introduced by Clyde, that would automatically register to vote people who interacted with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and the BMV.

“There’s no linear relationship between levels of voter registration and levels of voter participation," LaRose said. "Now what does impact voter participation is when people get excited about an election, that’s why we see higher turnout in presidential years."